Employee Benefit Cost Rate

For each dollar paid as salary or wage to an employee, the university incurs associated costs for fringe benefits. These benefits include F.I.C.A., worker's compensation, unemployment compensation, retirement, and health insurance.

Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Rates

F&A costs are those costs incurred for a common or joint purpose benefiting more than one cost objective that cannot be readily assigned to a particular sponsored project. F&A costs are also referred to as "indirect costs." Examples include electricity, IT, depreciation on buildings, and general departmental administrative costs.

The University establishes F&A rates to be used when preparing proposal budgets for sponsored program activity. These F&A rates account for the F&A costs that will be incurred to carry out the project.

Official Contacts and Mailing Addresses

Official designated to give assurances, make commitments, and execute documents on behalf of the University of Washington as may be required by federal and state agencies and other organizations which provide external support to the University. The signature of an authorized official certifies that commitments made on proposals will be honored; and ensures that all agreements entered into for external funding conform to federal regulations, agency guidelines, and University policies.

Clinical trials payments and other "Pay in Advance" projects should be sent directly to the PI, research coordinator, or fiscal personnel in the PI's department. Do not send these to the Grant & Contract Accounting address.